Dissection of a spermaceti whale and three other cetaceans / by J.B.S. Jackson.

  • Jackson, J. B. S. (John Barnard Swett), 1806-1879.
Date:
[1845]
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Credit: Dissection of a spermaceti whale and three other cetaceans / by J.B.S. Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    7 BOSTON JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME V. —No. II. OCTOBER, 1845. ART. I. — DISSECTION OF A SPERMACETI WHALE AND THREE OTHER CETACEANS. By J. B. S. Jackson, M. D. Read April 6 and September 7, 1842. These dissections were made in the spring of 1842, and, following each other in quick succession, afforded a very favor- able opportunity for comparison. The first specimen examined was that of the spermaceti whale, the internal structure of which, so far as I can ascertain, has never yet been fully described. Mr. Hunter,1 whose paper contains about all that is known on the subject at the present day, states that his 1 The following authorities have been carefully examined with reference to these dissections. 5 Hunter on the Structure and (Economy of Whales, with Notes by Mr. Owen Fred. Cuvier, (Hist. Nat. des Cetac6s, 1S36.) Lesson, (Histoire Naturcllc des C6taces.) G. Cuvier, (Anat. Comp., and Oss. Fossilcs.) Bealc, (Natural History of the Sperm Whale, 2d ed. 1839 ) voLrn.tld25o°)n'S dGSCripti0n 0f a SPerm Whale, (Cambridge Philos. Trans. t' n™n*fne,' (Naturalist's Li'x-ary, vol. vi. on Whales.) 1 odd s Cyclopedia of Anatomy, (Art. Cetacea.) VOL. V. 10